changeset 107086:1786f2e6a856

Change strategy for marking < and > as template delimiters: mark them strictly in matching pairs.
author Alan Mackenzie <acm@muc.de>
date Thu, 04 Feb 2010 21:15:37 +0000
parents d7831d04952b
children 392cb4c24760 af8dcc16162f
files lisp/ChangeLog lisp/progmodes/cc-cmds.el lisp/progmodes/cc-defs.el lisp/progmodes/cc-engine.el lisp/progmodes/cc-langs.el lisp/progmodes/cc-mode.el
diffstat 6 files changed, 353 insertions(+), 116 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/lisp/ChangeLog	Thu Feb 04 17:25:57 2010 +0100
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog	Thu Feb 04 21:15:37 2010 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,30 @@
+2010-02-04  Alan Mackenzie  <acm@muc.de>
+
+	Change strategy for marking < and > as template delimiters: mark
+	them strictly in matching pairs.
+
+	* cc-mode.el (c-before-change): Use
+	c-get-state-before-change-functions.
+	(c-common-init): Adapt to use
+	c-get-state-before-change-functions (note plural).
+
+	* cc-langs.el (c-no-parens-syntax-table): New syntax table, used
+	for searching syntactically for matching <s and >s.
+	(c-get-state-before-change-functions): New language variable (note
+	the plural) which supersedes c-get-state-before-change-function.
+
+	* cc-engine.el (c-clear-<-pair-props, c-clear->-pair-props)
+	(c-clear-<>-pair-props, c-clear-<-pair-props-if-match-after)
+	(c-clear->-pair-props-if-match-before)
+	(c-before-change-check-<>-operators): new functions.
+	(c-after-change-check-<>-operators): Use macro
+	c-unmark-<->-as-paren.
+
+	* cc-defs.el (c-search-backward-char-property): New macro.
+
+	* cc-cmds.el (c-electric-lt-gt): Do not set text properties on <
+	and > any more.  (These will be handled by font locking.)
+
 2010-02-04  Michael Albinus  <michael.albinus@gmx.de>
 
 	* dired.el (dired-revert): If DIRED-DIRECTORY is a cons cell, call
--- a/lisp/progmodes/cc-cmds.el	Thu Feb 04 17:25:57 2010 +0100
+++ b/lisp/progmodes/cc-cmds.el	Thu Feb 04 21:15:37 2010 +0000
@@ -1086,104 +1086,76 @@
 
   (interactive "*P")
   (let ((c-echo-syntactic-information-p nil)
-	final-pos close-paren-inserted)
+	final-pos close-paren-inserted found-delim)
 
     (self-insert-command (prefix-numeric-value arg))
     (setq final-pos (point))
 
-    (c-save-buffer-state (c-parse-and-markup-<>-arglists
-			  c-restricted-<>-arglists
-			  <-pos)
-
-      (when c-recognize-<>-arglists
-	(if (eq last-command-event ?<)
-	    (when (and (progn
-			 (backward-char)
-			 (= (point)
-			    (progn
-			      (c-beginning-of-current-token)
-			      (point))))
-		       (progn
-			 (c-backward-token-2)
-			 (looking-at c-opt-<>-sexp-key)))
-	      (c-mark-<-as-paren (1- final-pos)))
-
-	  ;; It's a ">".  Check if there's an earlier "<" which either has
-	  ;; open paren syntax already or that can be recognized as an arglist
-	  ;; together with this ">".  Note that this won't work in cases like
-	  ;; "template <x, a < b, y>" but they ought to be rare.
-
-	  (save-restriction
-	    ;; Narrow to avoid that `c-forward-<>-arglist' below searches past
-	    ;; our position.
-	    (narrow-to-region (point-min) final-pos)
-
-	    (while (and
-		    (progn
-		      (goto-char final-pos)
-		      (c-syntactic-skip-backward "^<;}" nil t)
-		      (eq (char-before) ?<))
-		    (progn
-		      (backward-char)
-		      ;; If the "<" already got open paren syntax we know we
-		      ;; have the matching closer.  Handle it and exit the
-		      ;; loop.
-		      (if (looking-at "\\s\(")
-			  (progn
-			    (c-mark->-as-paren (1- final-pos))
-			    (setq close-paren-inserted t)
-			    nil)
-			t))
-
-		    (progn
-		      (setq <-pos (point))
-		      (c-backward-syntactic-ws)
-		      (c-simple-skip-symbol-backward))
-		    (or (looking-at c-opt-<>-sexp-key)
-			(not (looking-at c-keywords-regexp)))
-
-		    (let ((c-parse-and-markup-<>-arglists t)
-			  c-restricted-<>-arglists
-			  (containing-sexp
-			   (c-most-enclosing-brace (c-parse-state))))
-		      (when (and containing-sexp
-				 (progn (goto-char containing-sexp)
-					(eq (char-after) ?\())
-				 (not (eq (get-text-property (point) 'c-type)
-					  'c-decl-arg-start)))
-			(setq c-restricted-<>-arglists t))
-		      (goto-char <-pos)
-		      (c-forward-<>-arglist nil))
-
-		    ;; Loop here if the "<" we found above belongs to a nested
-		    ;; angle bracket sexp.  When we start over we'll find the
-		    ;; previous or surrounding sexp.
-		    (if (< (point) final-pos)
-			t
-		      (setq close-paren-inserted t)
-		      nil)))))))
-    (goto-char final-pos)
+;;;; 2010-01-31: There used to be code here to put a syntax-table text
+;;;; property on the new < or > and its mate (if any) when they are template
+;;;; parens.  This is now done in an after-change function.
 
     ;; Indent the line if appropriate.
-    (when (and c-electric-flag c-syntactic-indentation)
-      (backward-char)
-      (when (prog1 (or (looking-at "\\s\(\\|\\s\)")
-		       (and (c-major-mode-is 'c++-mode)
-			    (progn
-			      (c-beginning-of-current-token)
-			      (looking-at "<<\\|>>"))
-			    (= (match-end 0) final-pos)))
-	      (goto-char final-pos))
-	(indent-according-to-mode)))
-
-    (when (and close-paren-inserted
-	       (not executing-kbd-macro)
-	       blink-paren-function)
-      ;; Note: Most paren blink functions, such as the standard
-      ;; `blink-matching-open', currently doesn't handle paren chars
-      ;; marked with text properties very well.  Maybe we should avoid
-      ;; this call for the time being?
-      (funcall blink-paren-function))))
+    (when (and c-electric-flag c-syntactic-indentation c-recognize-<>-arglists)
+      (setq found-delim
+	    (if (eq last-command-event ?<)
+		;; If a <, basically see if it's got "template" before it .....
+		(or (and (progn
+			   (backward-char)
+			   (= (point)
+			      (progn (c-beginning-of-current-token) (point))))
+			 (progn
+			   (c-backward-token-2)
+			   (looking-at c-opt-<>-sexp-key)))
+		    ;; ..... or is a C++ << operator.
+		    (and (c-major-mode-is 'c++-mode)
+			 (progn
+			   (goto-char (1- final-pos))
+			   (c-beginning-of-current-token)
+			   (looking-at "<<"))
+			 (>= (match-end 0) final-pos)))
+
+	      ;; It's a >.  Either a C++ >> operator. ......
+	      (or (and (c-major-mode-is 'c++-mode)
+		       (progn
+			 (goto-char (1- final-pos))
+			 (c-beginning-of-current-token)
+			 (looking-at ">>"))
+		       (>= (match-end 0) final-pos))
+		  ;; ...., or search back for a < which isn't already marked as an
+		  ;; opening template delimiter.
+		  (save-restriction
+		    (widen)
+		    ;; Narrow to avoid `c-forward-<>-arglist' below searching past
+		    ;; our position.
+		    (narrow-to-region (point-min) final-pos)
+		    (goto-char final-pos)
+		    (while
+			(and
+			 (progn
+			   (c-syntactic-skip-backward "^<;}" nil t)
+			   (eq (char-before) ?<))
+			 (progn
+			   (backward-char)
+			   (looking-at "\\s\("))))
+		    (and (eq (char-after) ?<)
+			 (not (looking-at "\\s\("))
+			 (progn (c-backward-syntactic-ws)
+				(c-simple-skip-symbol-backward))
+			 (or (looking-at c-opt-<>-sexp-key)
+			     (not (looking-at c-keywords-regexp)))))))))
+
+    (goto-char final-pos)
+    (when found-delim
+      (indent-according-to-mode)
+      (when (and (eq (char-before) ?>)
+		 (not executing-kbd-macro)
+		 blink-paren-function)
+	    ;; Note: Most paren blink functions, such as the standard
+	    ;; `blink-matching-open', currently doesn't handle paren chars
+	    ;; marked with text properties very well.  Maybe we should avoid
+	    ;; this call for the time being?
+	    (funcall blink-paren-function)))))
 
 (defun c-electric-paren (arg)
   "Insert a parenthesis.
--- a/lisp/progmodes/cc-defs.el	Thu Feb 04 17:25:57 2010 +0100
+++ b/lisp/progmodes/cc-defs.el	Thu Feb 04 21:15:37 2010 +0000
@@ -1029,6 +1029,44 @@
     ;; Emacs.
     `(remove-text-properties ,from ,to '(,property nil))))
 
+(defmacro c-search-forward-char-property (property value &optional limit)
+  "Search forward for a text-property PROPERTY having value VALUE.
+LIMIT bounds the search.  The comparison is done with `equal'.
+
+Leave point just after the character, and set the match data on
+this character, and return point.  If VALUE isn't found, Return
+nil; point is then left undefined."
+  `(let ((place (point)))
+     (while
+	 (and
+	  (< place ,(or limit '(point-max)))
+	  (not (equal (get-text-property place ,property) ,value)))
+       (setq place (next-single-property-change
+		    place ,property nil ,(or limit '(point-max)))))
+     (when (< place ,(or limit '(point-max)))
+       (goto-char place)
+       (search-forward-regexp ".")	; to set the match-data.
+       (point))))
+
+(defmacro c-search-backward-char-property (property value &optional limit)
+  "Search backward for a text-property PROPERTY having value VALUE.
+LIMIT bounds the search.  The comparison is done with `equal'.
+
+Leave point just before the character, set the match data on this
+character, and return point.  If VALUE isn't found, Return nil;
+point is then left undefined."
+  `(let ((place (point)))
+     (while
+	 (and
+	  (> place ,(or limit '(point-min)))
+	  (not (equal (get-text-property (1- place) ,property) ,value)))
+       (setq place (previous-single-property-change
+		    place ,property nil ,(or limit '(point-min)))))
+     (when (> place ,(or limit '(point-max)))
+       (goto-char place)
+       (search-backward-regexp ".")	; to set the match-data.
+       (point))))
+
 (defun c-clear-char-property-with-value-function (from to property value)
   "Remove all text-properties PROPERTY from the region (FROM, TO)
 which have the value VALUE, as tested by `equal'.  These
--- a/lisp/progmodes/cc-engine.el	Thu Feb 04 17:25:57 2010 +0100
+++ b/lisp/progmodes/cc-engine.el	Thu Feb 04 21:15:37 2010 +0000
@@ -4880,7 +4880,168 @@
 	)))
 
 
-;; Handling of small scale constructs like types and names.
+;; Setting and removing syntax properties on < and > in languages (C++
+;; and Java) where they can be template/generic delimiters as well as
+;; their normal meaning of "less/greater than".
+
+;; Normally, < and > have syntax 'punctuation'.  When they are found to
+;; be delimiters, they are marked as such with the category properties
+;; c-<-as-paren-syntax, c->-as-paren-syntax respectively.
+
+;; STRATEGY:
+;;
+;; It is impossible to determine with certainty whether a <..> pair in
+;; C++ is two comparison operators or is template delimiters, unless
+;; one duplicates a lot of a C++ compiler.  For example, the following
+;; code fragment:
+;;
+;;     foo (a < b, c > d) ;
+;;
+;; could be a function call with two integer parameters (each a
+;; relational expression), or it could be a constructor for class foo
+;; taking one parameter d of templated type "a < b, c >".  They are
+;; somewhat easier to distinguish in Java.
+;;
+;; The strategy now (2010-01) adopted is to mark and unmark < and
+;; > IN MATCHING PAIRS ONLY.  [Previously, they were marked
+;; individually when their context so indicated.  This gave rise to
+;; intractible problems when one of a matching pair was deleted, or
+;; pulled into a literal.]
+;;
+;; At each buffer change, the syntax-table properties are removed in a
+;; before-change function and reapplied, when needed, in an
+;; after-change function.  It is far more important that the
+;; properties get removed when they they are spurious than that they
+;; be present when wanted.
+;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
+(defun c-clear-<-pair-props (&optional pos)
+  ;; POS (default point) is at a < character.  If it is marked with
+  ;; open paren syntax-table text property, remove the property,
+  ;; together with the close paren property on the matching > (if
+  ;; any).
+  (save-excursion
+    (if pos
+	(goto-char pos)
+      (setq pos (point)))
+    (when (equal (c-get-char-property (point) 'syntax-table)
+		 c-<-as-paren-syntax)
+      (with-syntax-table c-no-parens-syntax-table ; ignore unbalanced [,{,(,..
+	(c-go-list-forward))
+      (when (equal (c-get-char-property (1- (point)) 'syntax-table)
+		   c->-as-paren-syntax) ; should always be true.
+	(c-clear-char-property (1- (point)) 'syntax-table))
+      (c-clear-char-property pos 'syntax-table))))
+
+(defun c-clear->-pair-props (&optional pos)
+  ;; POS (default point) is at a > character.  If it is marked with
+  ;; close paren syntax-table property, remove the property, together
+  ;; with the open paren property on the matching < (if any).
+  (save-excursion
+    (if pos
+	(goto-char pos)
+      (setq pos (point)))
+    (when (equal (c-get-char-property (point) 'syntax-table)
+		 c->-as-paren-syntax)
+      (with-syntax-table c-no-parens-syntax-table ; ignore unbalanced [,{,(,..
+	(c-go-up-list-backward))
+      (when (equal (c-get-char-property (point) 'syntax-table)
+			c-<-as-paren-syntax) ; should always be true.
+	(c-clear-char-property (point) 'syntax-table))
+      (c-clear-char-property pos 'syntax-table))))
+
+(defun c-clear-<>-pair-props (&optional pos)
+  ;; POS (default point) is at a < or > character.  If it has an
+  ;; open/close paren syntax-table property, remove this property both
+  ;; from the current character and its partner (which will also be
+  ;; thusly marked).
+  (cond
+   ((eq (char-after) ?\<)
+    (c-clear-<-pair-props pos))
+   ((eq (char-after) ?\>)
+    (c-clear->-pair-props pos))
+   (t (c-benign-error
+       "c-clear-<>-pair-props called from wrong position"))))
+
+(defun c-clear-<-pair-props-if-match-after (lim &optional pos)
+  ;; POS (default point) is at a < character.  If it is both marked
+  ;; with open/close paren syntax-table property, and has a matching >
+  ;; (also marked) which is after LIM, remove the property both from
+  ;; the current > and its partner.
+  (save-excursion
+    (if pos
+	(goto-char pos)
+      (setq pos (point)))
+    (when (equal (c-get-char-property (point) 'syntax-table)
+		 c-<-as-paren-syntax)
+      (with-syntax-table c-no-parens-syntax-table ; ignore unbalanced [,{,(,..
+	(c-go-list-forward))
+      (when (and (>= (point) lim)
+		 (equal (c-get-char-property (1- (point)) 'syntax-table)
+			c->-as-paren-syntax)) ; should always be true.
+	(c-unmark-<->-as-paren (1- (point)))
+	(c-unmark-<->-as-paren pos)))))
+
+(defun c-clear->-pair-props-if-match-before (lim &optional pos)
+  ;; POS (default point) is at a > character.  If it is both marked
+  ;; with open/close paren syntax-table property, and has a matching <
+  ;; (also marked) which is before LIM, remove the property both from
+  ;; the current < and its partner.
+  (save-excursion
+    (if pos
+	(goto-char pos)
+      (setq pos (point)))
+    (when (equal (c-get-char-property (point) 'syntax-table)
+		 c->-as-paren-syntax)
+      (with-syntax-table c-no-parens-syntax-table ; ignore unbalanced [,{,(,..
+	(c-go-up-list-backward))
+      (when (and (<= (point) lim)
+		 (equal (c-get-char-property (point) 'syntax-table)
+			c-<-as-paren-syntax)) ; should always be true.
+	(c-unmark-<->-as-paren (point))
+	(c-unmark-<->-as-paren pos)))))
+
+(defun c-before-change-check-<>-operators (beg end)
+  ;; Unmark certain pairs of "< .... >" which are currently marked as
+  ;; template/generic delimiters.  (This marking is via syntax-table
+  ;; text properties).
+  ;;
+  ;; These pairs are those which are in the current "statement" (i.e.,
+  ;; the region between the {, }, or ; before BEG and the one after
+  ;; END), and which enclose any part of the interval (BEG END).
+  ;;
+  ;; Note that in C++ (?and Java), template/generic parens cannot
+  ;; enclose a brace or semicolon, so we use these as bounds on the
+  ;; region we must work on.
+  ;;
+  ;; This function is called from before-change-functions (via
+  ;; c-get-state-before-change-functions).  Thus the buffer is widened,
+  ;; and point is undefined, both at entry and exit.
+  ;;
+  ;; FIXME!!!  This routine ignores the possibility of macros entirely.
+  ;; 2010-01-29.
+  (save-excursion
+    (let ((beg-lit-limits (progn (goto-char beg) (c-literal-limits)))
+	  (end-lit-limits (progn (goto-char end) (c-literal-limits))))
+      ;; Locate the barrier before the changed region
+      (goto-char  (if beg-lit-limits (car beg-lit-limits) beg))
+      (c-syntactic-skip-backward "^;{}" (max (- beg 2048) (point-min)))
+
+      ;; Remove the syntax-table properties from each pertinent <...> pair.
+      ;; Firsly, the ones with the < before beg and > after beg.
+      (while (c-search-forward-char-property 'category 'c-<-as-paren-syntax beg)
+	(c-clear-<-pair-props-if-match-after beg (1- (point))))
+
+      ;; Locate the barrier after END.
+      (goto-char (if end-lit-limits (cdr end-lit-limits) end))
+      (c-syntactic-re-search-forward "[;{}]"
+				     (min (+ end 2048) (point-max)) 'end)
+
+      ;; Remove syntax-table properties from the remaining pertinent <...>
+      ;; pairs, those with a > after end and < before end.
+      (while (c-search-backward-char-property 'category 'c->-as-paren-syntax end)
+	(c-clear->-pair-props-if-match-before end)))))
+
+
 
 (defun c-after-change-check-<>-operators (beg end)
   ;; This is called from `after-change-functions' when
@@ -4902,7 +5063,7 @@
 		 (< beg (setq beg (match-end 0))))
 	(while (progn (skip-chars-forward "^<>" beg)
 		      (< (point) beg))
-	  (c-clear-char-property (point) 'syntax-table)
+	  (c-clear-<>-pair-props)
 	  (forward-char))))
 
     (when (< beg end)
@@ -4917,9 +5078,13 @@
 		   (< end (setq end (match-end 0))))
 	  (while (progn (skip-chars-forward "^<>" end)
 			(< (point) end))
-	    (c-clear-char-property (point) 'syntax-table)
+	    (c-clear-<>-pair-props)
 	    (forward-char)))))))
 
+
+
+;; Handling of small scale constructs like types and names.
+
 ;; Dynamically bound variable that instructs `c-forward-type' to also
 ;; treat possible types (i.e. those that it normally returns 'maybe or
 ;; 'found for) as actual types (and always return 'found for them).
--- a/lisp/progmodes/cc-langs.el	Thu Feb 04 17:25:57 2010 +0100
+++ b/lisp/progmodes/cc-langs.el	Thu Feb 04 21:15:37 2010 +0000
@@ -391,6 +391,27 @@
   (and (c-lang-const c++-make-template-syntax-table)
        (funcall (c-lang-const c++-make-template-syntax-table))))
 
+(c-lang-defconst c-no-parens-syntax-table
+  ;; A variant of the standard syntax table which is used to find matching
+  ;; "<"s and ">"s which have been marked as parens using syntax table
+  ;; properties.  The other paren characters (e.g. "{", ")" "]") are given a
+  ;; non-paren syntax here. so that the list commands will work on "< ... >"
+  ;; even when there's unbalanced other parens inside them.
+  ;;
+  ;; This variable is nil for languages which don't have template stuff.
+  t  `(lambda ()
+	(if (c-lang-const c-recognize-<>-arglists)
+	    (let ((table (funcall ,(c-lang-const c-make-mode-syntax-table))))
+	      (modify-syntax-entry ?\( "." table)
+	      (modify-syntax-entry ?\) "." table)
+	      (modify-syntax-entry ?\[ "." table)
+	      (modify-syntax-entry ?\] "." table)
+	      (modify-syntax-entry ?\{ "." table)
+	      (modify-syntax-entry ?\} "." table)
+	      table))))
+(c-lang-defvar c-no-parens-syntax-table
+	       (funcall (c-lang-const c-no-parens-syntax-table)))
+
 (c-lang-defconst c-identifier-syntax-modifications
   "A list that describes the modifications that should be done to the
 mode syntax table to get a syntax table that matches all identifiers
@@ -423,26 +444,36 @@
 classifies symbol constituents like '_' and '$' as word constituents,
 so that all identifiers are recognized as words.")
 
-(c-lang-defconst c-get-state-before-change-function
-  "If non-nil, a function called from c-before-change-hook.
-Typically it will record enough state to allow
+(c-lang-defconst c-get-state-before-change-functions
+  ;; For documentation see the following c-lang-defvar of the same name.
+  ;; The value here may be a list of functions or a single function.
+  t nil
+  c++ '(c-extend-region-for-CPP c-before-change-check-<>-operators)
+  (c objc) 'c-extend-region-for-CPP
+  ;; java 'c-before-change-check-<>-operators
+  awk 'c-awk-record-region-clear-NL)
+(c-lang-defvar c-get-state-before-change-functions
+	       (let ((fs (c-lang-const c-get-state-before-change-functions)))
+		  (if (listp fs)
+		      fs
+		    (list fs)))
+  "If non-nil, a list of functions called from c-before-change-hook.
+Typically these will record enough state to allow
 `c-before-font-lock-function' to extend the region to fontify,
 and may do such things as removing text-properties which must be
 recalculated.
 
-It takes 2 parameters, the BEG and END supplied to every
+These functions will be run in the order given.  Each of them
+takes 2 parameters, the BEG and END supplied to every
 before-change function; on entry, the buffer will have been
 widened and match-data will have been saved; point is undefined
 on both entry and exit; the return value is ignored.
 
-When the mode is initialized, this function is called with
-parameters \(point-min) and \(point-max)."
-  t nil
-  (c c++ objc) 'c-extend-region-for-CPP
-  awk 'c-awk-record-region-clear-NL)
-(c-lang-defvar c-get-state-before-change-function
-	       (c-lang-const c-get-state-before-change-function))
-  
+The functions are called even when font locking isn't enabled.
+
+When the mode is initialized, the functions are called with
+parameters \(point-min) and \(point-max).")
+
 (c-lang-defconst c-before-font-lock-function
   "If non-nil, a function called just before font locking.
 Typically it will extend the region about to be fontified \(see
--- a/lisp/progmodes/cc-mode.el	Thu Feb 04 17:25:57 2010 +0100
+++ b/lisp/progmodes/cc-mode.el	Thu Feb 04 21:15:37 2010 +0000
@@ -641,8 +641,10 @@
   (save-restriction
     (widen)
     (save-excursion
-      (if c-get-state-before-change-function
-	  (funcall c-get-state-before-change-function (point-min) (point-max)))
+      (if c-get-state-before-change-functions
+	  (mapc (lambda (fn)
+		  (funcall fn beg end))
+		c-get-state-before-change-functions))
       (if c-before-font-lock-function
 	  (funcall c-before-font-lock-function (point-min) (point-max)
 		   (- (point-max) (point-min))))))
@@ -775,7 +777,7 @@
 
 (defmacro c-run-mode-hooks (&rest hooks)
   ;; Emacs 21.1 has introduced a system with delayed mode hooks that
-  ;; require the use of the new function `run-mode-hooks'.
+  ;; requires the use of the new function `run-mode-hooks'.
   (if (cc-bytecomp-fboundp 'run-mode-hooks)
       `(run-mode-hooks ,@hooks)
     `(progn ,@(mapcar (lambda (hook) `(run-hooks ,hook)) hooks))))
@@ -808,8 +810,8 @@
   ;; has already been widened, and match-data saved.  The return value is
   ;; meaningless.
   ;;
-  ;; This function is the C/C++/ObjC value of
-  ;; `c-get-state-before-change-function' and is called exclusively as a
+  ;; This function is in the C/C++/ObjC values of
+  ;; `c-get-state-before-change-functions' and is called exclusively as a
   ;; before change function.
   (goto-char beg)
   (c-beginning-of-macro)
@@ -922,8 +924,8 @@
 	  )))))
 
 (defun c-before-change (beg end)
-  ;; Function to be put on `before-change-function'.  Primarily, this calls
-  ;; the language dependent `c-get-state-before-change-function'.  It is
+  ;; Function to be put on `before-change-functions'.  Primarily, this calls
+  ;; the language dependent `c-get-state-before-change-functions'.  It is
   ;; otherwise used only to remove stale entries from the `c-found-types'
   ;; cache, and to record entries which a `c-after-change' function might
   ;; confirm as stale.
@@ -1001,8 +1003,10 @@
 	;; larger than (beg end).
 	(setq c-new-BEG beg
 	      c-new-END end)
-	(if c-get-state-before-change-function
-	    (funcall c-get-state-before-change-function beg end))
+	(if c-get-state-before-change-functions
+	    (mapc (lambda (fn)
+		    (funcall fn beg end))
+		  c-get-state-before-change-functions))
 	))))
 
 (defun c-after-change (beg end old-len)